devashish_paul wrote:
35-39 rolled down two from what i recall. One of my friends was the last outright qualifier after 12 years of near misses. He was hoping for a two slot rolldown because his buddy who he barely beat by 1 minute was sitting in 9th. It rolled to 9th.
Overdistance, what happened in 50-54 was that Ian Fraser was 6th. They called his name and there were around 200 people there (most of us knew him) pressuring him to take the slot. So he got up and took it and while in line to "pay" he changed his mind, went back to Riley and Mark Roy and said, "no, been there, done that, and not interested this year". So in between other slot allocation, Riley said, 'Any of your guys, 50-54, stick around, we have another slot coming back to you guys". But he said it in passing so some may have not heard. Also, they started oldest to youngest, so if there were no slots taken in the older it was already announced where it was going (to 40-44). So good things happen to people that wait!
As a point of reference, here is something for all you guys on the bubble to think of when it comes to 75 slot races. I was 10:54 in Whistler and 10:56 in Tremblant...granted Whistler is probably a tougher course by 10-15 min....in any case, i was 128th overall at Whistler, and ~300th at Tremblant...the field really was stacked, and I believe last year when Whistler had 100 slots, it was similar.
Also for women, slot allocation for you in North America is much better compared to what I have seen in Euro races. Many Euro races barely have 1 women's slot per age group because of the relatively lower female participation numbers compared to this side of the pond.
M35-39 must have rolled once if it rolled to 9th. There were 8 slots and I finished 10th. Glad I didn't go to roll-down. :)
